Arabic vocabulary
حِكَايَاتِstories of in Arabic
حِكَايَاتِ is how you say “stories of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَإِنْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ ذِكْرُ حِكَايَاتِ الْحُمْقَىٰ وَالْمَغْفِلِينَ يُوجِبُ الضَّحْكَ،
If someone says: telling the stories of fools and the gullible causes laughter,
حِكَايَاتِ — stories of. A plural noun continuing the chain, heading its own pairing with the next word, 'stories of the fools'. It sits in the genitive owned-by slot of the 'telling of...' phrase while itself owning the noun that follows.
From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →
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